VMware Cloud on AWS Master Specialist Intermediate Practice Exam: Medium Difficulty 2025

A company is deploying VMware Cloud on AWS and needs to establish connectivity between their on-premises data center and the SDDC. They require low latency, high bandwidth, and private connectivity without traversing the public internet. Their AWS account already has a Direct Connect connection established. What is the most appropriate networking solution?

An organization has migrated several VMs to VMware Cloud on AWS and wants to implement a disaster recovery solution for their on-premises VMs. They need automated orchestration, non-disruptive testing, and the ability to fail over within their Recovery Time Objective. Which solution should they implement?

A VMware Cloud on AWS administrator notices that certain workload VMs are experiencing performance issues. When reviewing vRealize Operations Cloud metrics, they observe high memory contention on specific hosts. What is the most appropriate initial action to resolve this issue while maintaining cluster balance?

An organization is designing network segmentation for their VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC. They need to ensure that web servers can accept inbound traffic from the internet, application servers can only communicate with web and database tiers, and database servers are completely isolated from the internet. Which combination of components should be configured?

A company is planning to migrate 200 VMs from their on-premises vSphere environment to VMware Cloud on AWS within a 2-week maintenance window. The VMs range from 500GB to 2TB in size, and they need to minimize downtime while ensuring data consistency. Which HCX migration method is most appropriate for this scenario?

An administrator needs to provide a development team with access to create and manage VMs in VMware Cloud on AWS, but wants to restrict them from modifying SDDC networking, adding hosts, or changing cluster configurations. Which approach should be implemented?

A company's VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC is experiencing intermittent connectivity issues between workload VMs and their on-premises database servers. The network team confirms that the VPN tunnel is established. What is the most systematic troubleshooting approach?

An organization wants to extend their on-premises network segments to VMware Cloud on AWS to support a phased migration strategy where VMs in both locations need to communicate on the same Layer 2 network. Which HCX service should be deployed and configured?

A security team requires that all traffic between application tiers in VMware Cloud on AWS be inspected by a third-party firewall appliance before reaching its destination. The firewall appliance is deployed as a VM in the SDDC. How should traffic be redirected to the firewall for inspection?

An administrator is planning capacity for a VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC that will host a mix of production and development workloads. They need to ensure predictable performance for production VMs during peak usage. Which combination of features should be implemented?